Sean Gerrity is the Founder of American Prairie Reserve. He served as President of APR from its beginnings in 2001 through 2017. Prior to joining American Prairie Reserve, Mr. Gerrity co-founded Catalyst Consulting, a Silicon Valley-based company started in 1985 which still operates today, specializing in organization alignment, strategy development and implementation.
He is a past Fellow of National Geographic Society and is currently a National Geographic Explorer. National Wildlife Federation (NWF) presented him with their 2016 Special Achievement Award for Extraordinary Contribution to the Conservation of Wildlife and Natural Resources. He is on the International Advisory Council for African People & Wildlife. He has served on the board of American Prairie Reserve Trustees since 2002.
Sean is now working on a book about entrepreneurship as applied to the world of large-scale conservation. The story focuses on his journey of leaving the private sector and choosing to start and build APR into a highly successful conservation organization over seventeen years. He lives with his wife in Bozeman, Montana.
Roderic Mast is CEO of Oceanic Society and co-founder of the Blue Habits program. A marine biologist and biodiversity conservationist for more than 30 years, Rod has worked on conservation issues worldwide in collaboration with stakeholders ranging from local communities to heads of state and corporate CEOs. Rod is an avid traveler and tourism professional who got his start as a Galápagos naturalist guide. Before joining Oceanic Society, he created and led Conservation International’s VIP travel program, CI-Sojourns, which arranged highly personalized travel experiences for corporate CEOs, industry leaders, actors, and the like to remote field sites on every continent and contributed to more than a billion dollars in philanthropic support to conservation. Rod is also a marine turtle specialist; he is co-founder of the State of the World’s Sea Turtles (SWOT) initiative, and co-chair of the IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group (MTSG), an international volunteer collective of sea turtle specialists
Sean Gerrity is the Founder of American Prairie Reserve. He served as President of APR from its beginnings in 2001 through 2017. Prior to joining American Prairie Reserve, Mr. Gerrity co-founded Catalyst Consulting, a Silicon Valley-based company started in 1985 which still operates today, specializing in organization alignment, strategy development and implementation.
He is a past Fellow of National Geographic Society and is currently a National Geographic Explorer. National Wildlife Federation (NWF) presented him with their 2016 Special Achievement Award for Extraordinary Contribution to the Conservation of Wildlife and Natural Resources. He is on the International Advisory Council for African People & Wildlife. He has served on the board of American Prairie Reserve Trustees since 2002.
Sean is now working on a book about entrepreneurship as applied to the world of large-scale conservation. The story focuses on his journey of leaving the private sector and choosing to start and build APR into a highly successful conservation organization over seventeen years. He lives with his wife in Bozeman, Montana.
Roderic Mast is CEO of Oceanic Society and co-founder of the Blue Habits program. A marine biologist and biodiversity conservationist for more than 30 years, Rod has worked on conservation issues worldwide in collaboration with stakeholders ranging from local communities to heads of state and corporate CEOs. Rod is an avid traveler and tourism professional who got his start as a Galápagos naturalist guide. Before joining Oceanic Society, he created and led Conservation International’s VIP travel program, CI-Sojourns, which arranged highly personalized travel experiences for corporate CEOs, industry leaders, actors, and the like to remote field sites on every continent and contributed to more than a billion dollars in philanthropic support to conservation. Rod is also a marine turtle specialist; he is co-founder of the State of the World’s Sea Turtles (SWOT) initiative, and co-chair of the IUCN Marine Turtle Specialist Group (MTSG), an international volunteer collective of sea turtle specialists
Melody Badgett brings strong commitment and years of leadership at the intersection of the environment and business, as well as decades exploring nature, snow, backcountry and mountains all over the world and a life of travel and adventure, on every continent and across cultures. As Managing Director of 1% for the Planet, working alongside Patagonia, a global alliance was started and built—from an idea on a fishing trip and a one room apartment, it grew to 44 countries, 1200 companies, 1000+ environmental nonprofit, ambassadors and partners— it provides recurring revenue for the planet, now over $270M, making it one of the biggest funders of environmental work out there. Melody went on to co-launch the International Affairs arm of a global foundation in SE Asia, focused on a education for leaders in the environment and peace. Prior jobs include Deloitte Consulting, an early employee in an Internet strategy firm bought by IBM, years as a founding researcher in IBM’s Institute for Business Value business think tank, and most recently, co-founder of an early-stage software company for leaders—its about making the complex simple. Melody believes she has learned the most from volunteer teaching these last 4 years, Science & Nature to kindergarteners—naturally curious.
David S. Wilcove is a professor of ecology, evolutionary biology, and public affairs at Princeton University. The primary question driving his research is “How do we find room for biodiversity in an increasingly hot, hungry, and crowded world?” Accordingly, his work focuses on the impacts of farming, logging, hunting, climate change, and other human actions on biodiversity. He and his graduate students and postdocs have studied these issues around the world, from New Zealand to the Amazon Basin and from Siberia to Borneo. Prior to joining Princeton’s faculty in 2001, he was a senior scientist for the Environmental Defense Fund, The Wilderness Society, and The Nature Conservancy. Professor Wilcove has served on the boards of directors of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Society for Conservation Biology, Rare, American Bird Conservancy, Natural Areas Association, Galapagos Conservancy, and the New Jersey Audubon Society, among other organizations. He has received awards from the Society for Conservation Biology, Defenders of Wildlife, the Pew Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, The Wildlife Society, and the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute. He received his undergraduate degree from Yale University and his doctorate from Princeton University.
Dr. Karen Nyberg is an engineer, astronaut, and artist. Through nearly 30 years of experience in human spaceflight, she has gained an appreciation for the value of working within and across diverse political ideologies, cultural values, and world views to advance critical missions.
Karen was selected as a member of the NASA Astronaut Corps in 2000. She made her first trip to space aboard Space Shuttle Discovery in 2008, during the height of International Space Station (ISS) construction, delivering and installing the Japanese Laboratory. On her second spaceflight in 2013, Karen launched on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft and lived and worked at ISS for 166 days. Prior to astronaut selection, Karen worked as an Environmental Control Systems Engineer at the Johnson Space Center, where she led several design and analysis initiatives in the areas of space vehicle and space suit thermal and environmental control. Recently retired from NASA, Karen is currently pursuing interests in the areas of conservation and sustainability.
Karen received her undergraduate degree from the University of North Dakota and graduate degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and has been honored with the highest alumni award from each alma mater. Karen is married to retired Astronaut Colonel Doug Hurley and they have one dino-loving son, Jack. For more info, check out her website: www.karennyberg.com
Melody Badgett brings strong commitment and years of leadership at the intersection of the environment and business, as well as decades exploring nature, snow, backcountry and mountains all over the world and a life of travel and adventure, on every continent and across cultures. As Managing Director of 1% for the Planet, working alongside Patagonia, a global alliance was started and built—from an idea on a fishing trip and a one room apartment, it grew to 44 countries, 1200 companies, 1000+ environmental nonprofit, ambassadors and partners— it provides recurring revenue for the planet, now over $270M, making it one of the biggest funders of environmental work out there. Melody went on to co-launch the International Affairs arm of a global foundation in SE Asia, focused on a education for leaders in the environment and peace. Prior jobs include Deloitte Consulting, an early employee in an Internet strategy firm bought by IBM, years as a founding researcher in IBM’s Institute for Business Value business think tank, and most recently, co-founder of an early-stage software company for leaders—its about making the complex simple. Melody believes she has learned the most from volunteer teaching these last 4 years, Science & Nature to kindergarteners—naturally curious.
David S. Wilcove is a professor of ecology, evolutionary biology, and public affairs at Princeton University. The primary question driving his research is “How do we find room for biodiversity in an increasingly hot, hungry, and crowded world?” Accordingly, his work focuses on the impacts of farming, logging, hunting, climate change, and other human actions on biodiversity. He and his graduate students and postdocs have studied these issues around the world, from New Zealand to the Amazon Basin and from Siberia to Borneo. Prior to joining Princeton’s faculty in 2001, he was a senior scientist for the Environmental Defense Fund, The Wilderness Society, and The Nature Conservancy. Professor Wilcove has served on the boards of directors of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Society for Conservation Biology, Rare, American Bird Conservancy, Natural Areas Association, Galapagos Conservancy, and the New Jersey Audubon Society, among other organizations. He has received awards from the Society for Conservation Biology, Defenders of Wildlife, the Pew Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, The Wildlife Society, and the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute. He received his undergraduate degree from Yale University and his doctorate from Princeton University.
Dr. Karen Nyberg is an engineer, astronaut, and artist. Through nearly 30 years of experience in human spaceflight, she has gained an appreciation for the value of working within and across diverse political ideologies, cultural values, and world views to advance critical missions.
Karen was selected as a member of the NASA Astronaut Corps in 2000. She made her first trip to space aboard Space Shuttle Discovery in 2008, during the height of International Space Station (ISS) construction, delivering and installing the Japanese Laboratory. On her second spaceflight in 2013, Karen launched on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft and lived and worked at ISS for 166 days. Prior to astronaut selection, Karen worked as an Environmental Control Systems Engineer at the Johnson Space Center, where she led several design and analysis initiatives in the areas of space vehicle and space suit thermal and environmental control. Recently retired from NASA, Karen is currently pursuing interests in the areas of conservation and sustainability.
Karen received her undergraduate degree from the University of North Dakota and graduate degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and has been honored with the highest alumni award from each alma mater. Karen is married to retired Astronaut Colonel Doug Hurley and they have one dino-loving son, Jack. For more info, check out her website: www.karennyberg.com
Douglas Hurley was selected as an astronaut in 2000. A veteran of three spaceflights, he was the pilot on STS-127 and STS-135 and Commander on the first crewed test flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon, the Demo-2 Mission.
His first flight on STS-127 in 2009, a sixteen-day mission that featured a record 13 astronauts working aboard the space station, represented all five International Partners: NASA, the Russian Space Agency, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA). STS-135, Hurley’s second flight in 2011 was onboard shuttle Atlantis which was the 37th shuttle mission to the space station and the 135th and final mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program. His final spaceflight from May to August 2020, was as Commander of the DM-2 test flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon. He spent a total of 93 days in space.
Hurley holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Tulane University. He is a decorated fighter pilot with 24 years of service in the U.S. Marine Corps and retired at the rank of Colonel in 2012. Hurley retired from NASA in July, 2021. He is married to NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg and they have one son, Jack.
For more info, please check out his website: www.doughurleyastronaut.com
Douglas Hurley was selected as an astronaut in 2000. A veteran of three spaceflights, he was the pilot on STS-127 and STS-135 and Commander on the first crewed test flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon, the Demo-2 Mission.
His first flight on STS-127 in 2009, a sixteen-day mission that featured a record 13 astronauts working aboard the space station, represented all five International Partners: NASA, the Russian Space Agency, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA). STS-135, Hurley’s second flight in 2011 was onboard shuttle Atlantis which was the 37th shuttle mission to the space station and the 135th and final mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program. His final spaceflight from May to August 2020, was as Commander of the DM-2 test flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon. He spent a total of 93 days in space.
Hurley holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Tulane University. He is a decorated fighter pilot with 24 years of service in the U.S. Marine Corps and retired at the rank of Colonel in 2012. Hurley retired from NASA in July, 2021. He is married to NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg and they have one son, Jack.
